Etaples war cemetery

During my holiday to Northern France this year i got an incredible chance to visit the Etaples cemetery. The cemetery was a 5 minutes drive away from where i was staying and the whole area is steeped in history from world war 1 and 2. Bunkers and Pillboxes littered the local beach and the cliff sides were covered by countless definitions were bombs had be shot across the channel from the white cliffs of Dover to the area while it was occupied by German troops.




















There were so many stories from locals of how there families were affected in the war, and during the occupation, it was a truly fascinating experience and the size of the effects and the cemetery itself was quite overwhelming, i think if there is a good interpretation of the Fall, its there, the people on both sides who died for there countries, how the area fell into enemies hands, how pilots fell into the area while flying across, how the bombs fell and created a new landscape that will never let us forget. There are many ways we can look at it. I think overall the Fall of War is a powerful story, no matter what account it tells.